The Minority in Parliament has criticized a claim by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that the government has paid GH₵17 billion for excess capacity payment arising out of the “take or pay” agreement.
According to the Minority, the claim by the Vice President is untrue and therefore challenged him to provide evidence to substantiate the assertion.
Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee, addressing a press conference in Parliament House in Accra, said, “I am ready to stand down as the Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee. I say so with conviction knowing what the Vice President is saying is untrue”.
Energy Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as Napo in reaction, has called on the citizens to ask John Jinapor "to explain the difference between 'take or pay' and 'take and pay'. If he understands the meaning of the two and knows that the contract they signed was take or pay, he will know that there is an excess capacity or ENI capacity charge".
Clarifying the difference, he said, "with the take or pay, it means when I brought the plant and it was 400 megawatts, whether I switch it on or not, I will pay for the 400 megawatts everyday. With the take and pay, if it's 400 megawatts and I generated 100, I will pay for only the 100 megawatts; not the 300. So, if he doesn't understand the basic difference between take or pay and take and pay, he can ask that question".
He stated categorically that, "it is as a result of the bad contracts that they signed that they didn't understand what they were doing".
"I want Ghanaians to know that that question they asked means they knew nothing when they were in government. It is not a figment of anybody's imagination," he added while speaking to Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo'.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Is it a criminal offense or just politricking. We Ghanaians are bleeding and suffering because of the financial burden government officials place on ordinary citizens. Thus, the noise is too much in the atmosphere. Why are you not charging him(them) in court of competent jurisdiction? Your indolence in fighting such is costing your government terribly. We voted for action oriented governance not noise over "this or that" or "this and that". We are tired of such after 5 solid years. spare us the ***barred word*** noise
***barred word*** NDC ***barred word*** NEVER AGAIN SHOULD BE ALLOW TO GOVERN THAT IS WHERE JOHN THIEVE MAHA GET HIS BOOTY SUCH A LOOOOOOOSER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER AGAIN URGLY ***barred word*** MAHAMA. JOHN THIEVE MAHAMA IS SUCH A ***barred word*** YOU DON'T ALLOW HIM INTO YOUR HOME. NEVER NEVER NEVER AGAIN IN THE PRESIENCY TRUST MONEY GHANA COULD HAVE USE IT TO BUILD OUR RAILWAY SYSTEM IS LEAKING INTO HIS POCKET BECAUSE OF SUCH A ***barred word*** AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY THESE ***barred word***.
Dr, Napo I don't think ***barred word*** understood everything you said he's such a braggart on the radio stations but when it comes terms of ideas he's empty